Rockwell Automation 1203-SSS Smart Self-powered Serial Converter - Manual (Page 28)

4-2 Troubleshooting
Diamond Status Indicator
RX Status Indicator
TX Status Indicator
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ATTENTION: Risk of injury or equipment damage exists. If the serial
converter is transmitting control I/O to the product (indicated by a solid
green diamond LED), the product may fault when you remove or reset
the serial converter. Determine how your product will respond before
removing or resetting a serial converter.
Status Cause Corrective Action
Off Serial converter is not
powered or in Flash
programming mode. • Securely connect cables.
• Apply power to the product.
• Wait while Flash is in progress.
Flashing
Green Serial converter is
operating and not
transmitting control I/O. • No Action. Removing or resetting the serial
converter will not cause a serial fault in the
product.
Solid
Green Serial converter is
operating and is or was
transmitting control I/O. • No Action. Removing or resetting the serial
converter may cause a serial fault in the product.
On DPI based products a “Soft Logout” can be
performed allowing removal of the converter
without a fault occurring.
Tip: To remove the adapter without faulting the
drive, set the logic mask in the drive to ignore the
adapter and then verify that the drive is receiving
its Logic Command and Reference from another
source.
Flashing
Red The product has not
acknowledged the
serial converter. • Securely connect cables.
Solid
Red Link Failure. • Securely connect cables.
• Replace the cable.
• Cycle power to the product.
Orange • Contact Rockwell Automation Technical Support.
Status Cause Corrective Action
Off Serial converter is not
receiving data. • Verify that data is being transmitted.
• Securely connect cables.
• Apply power to the product.
Flashing
Green Serial converter is
receiving data from the
computer. • No action.
Status Cause Corrective Action
Off Serial converter is not
transmitting data. • Verify that data is being transmitted.
• Securely connect cables.
• Apply power to the product.
• Configure the computer software to use the
same serial port rate as the serial converter.
Flashing
Green Serial converter is
transmitting data to the
computer. • No action.